History
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Hailsham History: “Nothing but fields for miles and miles”
There was a time when Hailsham really was a rural community. This was illustrated in the message on a postcard…
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Rev Francis Clyde Harvey – a history of Hailsham
Francis Clyde Harvey was born in Winster, Derbyshire on July 29, 1844 where his father, Rev George Gayton Harvey was…
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The Rev. George Gayton Harvey & son – a history of Hailsham
“While there were fools and mavericks in the clerical ranks, the good parson was at the heart of his community,…
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Hailsham Parish Church – a history
St Mary’s, Hailsham Parish Church (HPC) stands in the heart of the town centre and is built on the highest…
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Barclays Bank’s links to Hailsham
Through the years that I have been writing this column I have occasionally described a single individual who made a…
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Daniel White & Son – Hailsham’s History. Part 2
In the last issue we looked at the first three generations of the White family who, from 1816, ran a…
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Daniel White & Son – Hailsham’s history. Part 1
In “Hidden Sussex-The Towns,” Warden Swinfen and David Arscott comment that, “Hailsham was never under the influence of a powerful…
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